jaffa Sorry to have missed you, we got there I think just gone 4. I always allow way too much time to get to a place, just in case there are problems en route, and invariably end up with time to kill. But that's what the iPad is for :)
Well most of you have probably already read on the Pred thread, but no, appt with Mr S wasn't great. I could see his face changing as he read my blood test results, obviously he hadn't been briefed by Louise prior to me showing him the lab report. FSH is too high (although he did say "at least it isn't 30"!) and oestrogen too low. In a nutshell he isn't hopeful of my chances, at all, full stop, anymore. He said his recommendation would be IVF (and he mentioned donor eggs as I would have a less than 5% chance with my own eggs, at my age) and when I said that's not possible, we just can't afford it (OH won't consider us borrowing to finance it, and I won't go the donor egg route as it wouldn't feel like my child), he said then his only other recommendation would be superovulation.
He did say it's possible I may get pregnant naturally - but you could tell from his tone of voice and his facial expression he just isn't expecting it to work.
He wouldn't hear at all anything to do with steroids being the cause of my highly-diminished AF, even when I pointed out that it's only happened since being on the higher dose of steroids in Nov/Dec and that my AFs were absolutely spot-on perfect before then. Wouldn't hear of it at all, said it was complete coincidence and totally down to my age. Approaching infertility, was his unspoken meaning I think. He said he'd never heard of steroids causing this in all his years of working with this treatment, and had never heard of anyone else having had this happen. I didn't even bother raising taking steroids from BFP, since he clearly doesn't think steroids are affecting my AF at all. With the greatest respect for his undoubted expertise, I think he's wrong, but obviously I'm not in a position to argue. I won't be taking them this month, anyway, since according to his way of thinking it's very unlikely I could be pregnant anyway.
Anyway, he said he'll start me on the Letrozole, 5mg, and see how I respond to that. If that doesn't work, then it's gonal-f. I said we'll give it the 6 months, and see what happens. I guess if nothing, then that's the end of the road for us.